# 2021 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881 "2020-12-01T02:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/627 "2021-03-24T01:16:19Z")
[Glynn Lunney](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/glynn-lunney/), pioneering NASA flight director whose role in Apollo 13 the movie was far diminished from his actual role in real life in bringing the astronauts back alive, dead at 84. [Katherine Diaz](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/22/sport/katherine-diaz-killed-surfing-spt-intl/index.html), Salvadoran surfer and shoe-in for the Olympics, died at 22 from a lightning strike during training. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/628 "2021-03-24T01:25:34Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > George Segal dead at 87. I haven’t found any corroboration of this anywhere. You really need to start linking to sources. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/629 "2021-03-24T01:31:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > > [@Stephe96](#): > > > > George Segal dead at 87. > > I haven’t found any corroboration of this anywhere. You really need to start linking to sources > **[Actor George Segal, lovable grandpa on 'The Goldbergs', dead at 87](https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2021/03/24/actor-george-segal-lovable-grandpa-on-039the-goldbergs039-dead-at-87)** > > Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery, his wife Sonia says in a statement. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/630 "2021-03-24T01:35:55Z")
Okay, now the articles are starting to appear. Nevertheless, @Stephe86 never cites sources, so I respectfully ask that he starts. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/631 "2021-03-24T15:50:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Twenty-seven, to be precise. Including yours truly. I have never scored a single point in all the years of ‘playing’ this debacle. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/632 "2021-03-24T17:50:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I have never scored a single point in all the years of ‘playing’ this debacle. Here’s a simple approach for scoring at least some points each year: 1. See which of this year’s high-scoring players have been consistently near the top over the past few years. 2. In mid-December, look at the current year’s lists of two or three of the best of those players. 3. Put the people from their lists that are still alive on your list for the next year. For instance, if you had put all the survivors from perennial contender and not-infrequent champ CAMJAY77’s 2020 list on your 2021 list, you’d already have points for Leon Spinks. Since CAMJAY’s not playing this year, I figured that was a better example than a currently active player. But that’s the idea. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/633 "2021-03-24T17:51:18Z")
nm… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/634 "2021-03-24T19:29:32Z")
B. J. Thomas probably won’t be around much longer. > **[B.J. Thomas Diagnosed With Stage 4 Lung Cancer](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/b-j-thomas-cancer-diagnosed-stage-four-9545193/)** > > Five-time Grammy winner B.J. Thomas, best known for singing “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” has been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/635 "2021-03-24T20:50:56Z")
Houston Tumlin, who played Walker Bobby in the 2006 movie _Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby_, dead at 28. (E! News) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/636 "2021-03-24T22:09:59Z")
Former NHL player and the only member of the St. Louis Blues to have been with the organization throughout its entire existence, [Bob Plager, dead at 78.](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/blues-hockey-legend-plager-killed-in-crash-on-highway-40-in-st-louis/article_8edbff6b-f3fd-5702-9190-5c4b2c5100d5.html#tracking-source=home-breaking) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/637 "2021-03-25T14:24:37Z")
The BBC is reporting that Mary Tyler Moore is dead - again. She died in 2017! > ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/638 "2021-03-25T17:13:25Z")
Any word on Generalissimo Francisco Franco? Brian ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/639 "2021-03-25T17:36:42Z")
still dead ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/640 "2021-03-25T17:41:25Z")
How about a little help for the hard of hearing? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/641 "2021-03-25T17:43:29Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GwSh0dAaqIA/hqdefault.jpg "News for the Hard of Hearing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwSh0dAaqIA) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/642 "2021-03-25T17:44:47Z")
Richard Gilliland, ‘Designing Women’ Actor and Husband of Jean Smart, Dies at 71. (The Hollywood Reporter) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/643 "2021-03-25T18:08:08Z")
If people are going to start dying twice is it too much to ask for it to be someone I picked? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/644 "2021-03-25T19:05:51Z")
Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, has died at 80. (Deadline) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/645 "2021-03-25T19:12:14Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > still dead Bullshit-I saw him in a restaurant with Mary Tyler Moore last Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/646 "2021-03-25T19:14:11Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, has died at 80. > (Deadline) [![](https://i.redd.it/gelk38l8o0v11.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/gelk38l8o0v11.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=33)